Sharing is our work!

I really enjoy using blogs to enhance this course. I feel like the content is presented in a modern form of communication and can grab the attention of students. There are a lot of skills that I have learned in this course. For example, posting links, pictures, graphs, and other information that I can share with a group of people. Anybody who wants to reach the information I want to share has it at their fingertips. In fact, one of the reasons I decided to be a science teacher is because of my enthusiasm to share what I know from my scientific standpoint. Blogger allows me to do this on a large scale.
I do not plan to make additional posts to this blog after the conclusion of this course because I want to preserve it in its current form. Because I want to use it as an artifact to enhance my teacher portfolio, I want this to display certain aspects of me; however, I would definitely consider using blogger in my future classrooms. I am so excited that I have learned multiple ways to teach students with technology and hope to use it to grab interest and increase the effectiveness of science collaboration.
I believe a strong teacher has a so- called tool belt. Rather than using one routine method for teaching, a strong teacher presents information in various forms. Everything in this course is going to be attached to my tool belt in the future.

My personal favorite media literacy is collective intelligence. In Blogger, I have "followed" my class mates, which means I allowed myself to view the work of my classmates.  A lot of times I find myself reading their responses to specific assignments and thinking about their work compared to mine. By doing this, I have learned a lot of information and I believe I have taught some information at the same.

VARK Questionnaire

The VARK  Questionnarire concluded me as a multimodal learner.
I have known these things about me for a while now, but I have recently realized that chemistry curriculum requires a multimodal learner. I hope that I can help my students learn in a variety of ways, so I can effectively teach them chemistry content.

My Results:
Visual: 9
Aural: 10
Read/Write: 7
Kinesthetic: 11

Trimolecular Twitter Reactions

In a Blog Posting answer the following questions.
1. How do you feel about the limit of 140 characters?
  The character limit helps me make my writing more concise! :)

2. Did you alter something you were going to say based on the length?
  YES!!! I had to use some skills I learned to use when writing a chemistry lab report!!

3. Do you think texting and twittering can have an impact on the way you write? How?
   YES!!!! I think it can have a positive impact on many aspects of my life and writing. If anyone went about twitter as an educational system, then it could also be helpful to them. I feel like I can use twitter as an education resouce in my classrooms, and I think it opens up colloboration just like Edmodo! As for texting, I think it can cause me to be lazy. I need to focus on distinguishing a lazy form of writing with a professional form, so I can use texting with my family and friends in an effective way.

Texty Poem

Treat othas hw u wan2B treatd.
uv 2 giv respect 2 gt respect
\_/ lots of OJ
u cn achieve WE u wnt by seting yr mnd 2 it.
:)

ThinkAloud

DHMO Satire

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Truth: The United States are Literary Lovers!!!

Among United States adults, literary reading has increased at a rate of 7% between 2002 and 2008. This is a drastic increase in relation to the previous years' recordings. From 1982- 2002 (twenty year difference in time), there was a steady decrease in literary readings done by adults. From 1982- 1992 there was a 5% decrease. Another decrease occured from 1992- 2002, the data indicates a 14% decrease. Within the recent years (around 2008), data trends suggests that adults are, in fact, increasing their literary intake. After reading this, I believe that a common misconception occurs here. Americans believe the quality of reading skills are decreasing in the nation; however, the informatoin suggests we are taking an interest in literary readings.

** I agree with my instructor, Denise Lindstrom, when she says that literature on the internet is a probable cause of this increase.**

Don't forget the NETS

Edmodo's educational networking site allows for the completion of the entire first standard of NETS. Edmodo's diverse purposes such as story writing or data sharing allows for the following to occur.

1. Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity

Teachers use their knowledge of subject matter, teaching and learning, and technology to facilitate experiences that advance student learning, creativity, and innovation in both face-to-face and virtual environments. Teachers:

a.	promote, support, and model creative and innovative thinking and inventiveness.
b.	engage students in exploring real-world issues and solving authentic problems using digital tools and resources.
c.	promote student reflection using collaborative tools to reveal and clarify students' conceptual understanding and thinking, planning, and creative processes.
d.	model collaborative knowledge construction by engaging in learning with students, colleagues, and others in face-to-face and virtual environments.

I am also prepared to use a Skype session to enhance the effectiveness of collaboration. Teaching two literacies will be easier for me as well due to the latest assignment. [Refer to dihydrogen monoxide blog post!]